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Chapter 2 Self-Quiz
Indigenous Traditions
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Chippewa author Lenore Keeshig-Tobias points out that when people who have "control of your stories, control of your voice," also have control of which of the following?
Your identity and language
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Your religion and philosophy
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Your destiny and culture
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Your bodies and resources
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Which people refer to a form of pregnancy in their origin stories?
Aborigines
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Dogon
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Newa
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Navajo
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Earth Diver tales are common to which region?
North America
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Australia
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South America
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Africa
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What are tricksters?
Shape-changers
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Cultural heroes
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Violators of social order
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All of the above
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Which of the following is a trickster story?
Love Magic
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The Bone People
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The Song My Paddle Sings
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Red Willows
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Who were responsible for growing cotton amongst the Bunu Yoruba people?
Women
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Men
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Adolescent Male and Females
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Unmarried Men and Women
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What is the gender pattern with respect to kinship across indigenous cultures?
Matrilineal (tracing ancestry through mother)
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Patrilineral (tracing ancestry through father)
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No definitive pattern (varies from culture to culture)
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Ethnocentric (tracing ancestry for ethnic lineage)
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When is the initiation of sacred healers of the Pondos completed?
When the initiate dreams of a particular animal
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When the initiate dreams of a particular ancestor
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When a vision quest is undertaken
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When the initiate is separated from the community
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Which of the following is a vision quest often associated?
Anishinaubae
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Adulthood
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Initiation
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All of the above
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To restore good relations with an ancestor, which people uses the sacrifice of a cow?
Nuer
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Xhosa
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Sioux
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Ainu
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The Ainu of Japan used to use which of the following animals in their central sacrifice?
Dogs
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Tigers
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Bears
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Lions
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Indigenous cultural expressions are fundamentally about which of the following?
The art itself
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The community
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Relationships
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Rituals
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Totem poles are produced in which region?
South America
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Pacific Northwest
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Atlantic Canada
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Australia
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The proverb "As one fern frond dies, another is born to take its place" comes from which group?
Maori
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Navajo
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Xhosa
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Dogon
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Where have the majority of Indigenous people performed all or most of their rituals?
Temples
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Homes
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Outdoors
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Civic Buildings
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What is a
marae
in Maori culture?
A religious and social home
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A form of resistance and renewal
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A type of religious icon
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A type of animal sacrifice
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What do Navajo communities perform before a newly constructed Hogan is occupied?
The Vision Quest
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The Ghost Dance
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The Blessingway ritual
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The Sun Dance
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What does the term
terra nullius
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No one's land
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Everyone's land
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The centre of the land
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The centre of the universe
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Colonialism is associated with which of the following?
Loss of religion
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Loss of language
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Loss of land
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All of the Above
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The Ghost Dance is primarily associated with which group?
Paiute
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Navajo
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Lakota Sioux
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Xhosa
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